[gogeo]

I’m ready for the flames, but here goes. After raising kids and observing grand kids I can’t help but draw one conclusion. It’s nature, not nuture. I think culture reflects the basic reality of the abilities of the individuals, not the other way around. There are exceptions to the bell curve, but there are truths in the old saws like “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear”. I know it’s not P.C., but some things just stare you in the face...

Why, it's Jimmy the Greek!!!

There's no doubt that individuals differ. There's some people that you just know...their highest and greatest calling is working on a construction site.

But that's a very broad brush you're painting with there. One of the most successful people I know is one of the least bright people you could imagine. But he's got a first-class temperment and what we refer to as "middle class" values. He owns an alarm clock, and he uses it. He doesn't make excuses for himself.

The reasons for his success have nothing to do with the color of his skin, but his temperment and his values.

We all use so little of our potential...that's one crime. Preventing others from using more of theirs...that's a crime against humanity.

It's not a matter of race, but a matter of VALUES...and a matter of faith.

[Gadsden1st]

Preventing others from using more of theirs...that’s a crime against humanity.

I agree. With all my heart.

I also never read about a pit bull being an outstanding retreiver. Can pit bulls be taught to fetch ducks. Maybe.
Are there outstanding individuals of all races? Of course. Emotions and desires cloud basic facts. What we want to be the “truth” doesn’t make it true. Global Warming caused by man is a lie. The bell curve is a fact. When we ignore facts, we make bad decisions. A kid fell from a 17 story building and survived. Try a bell curve on that activity and tell me how safe 17 story falls are for kids.